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Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

Ostrich Regulations, 2007

Part II : Requirements for the Registration of Ostrich Abattoirs

C. Hygiene management practises and related matters

(1) Offal handling

32. Red Offal

 

 

1) Red offal must be washed with clean running water, hung on hooks or placed in containers and chilled in a red offal or carcass chiller, to reach a core temperature less than 7°C within 16 hours, but it need not be chilled at the abattoir if dispatched on a continuous basis to the chilling facilities, the proximity of which must not compromise hygiene standards and be approved by the provincial executive officer and on condition that a separate route for dispatch is provided.

 

2) Red offal may not be stored, or come into contact, with rough offal.

 

3) Further separation, cutting and packing of red offal must be done in a separate area or room.

 

4) Where red offal is packed in cartons, containers or plastic bags for dispatch, chilling or freezing-
a) it may only be done in a separate area or room and equipment must be provided for this function;
b) storage facilities for clean empty bags or containers, for a day's use, must be provided; and
c) bulk storage facilities must be provided for packing material.

 

5) Cartoned offal may not be stored in the same chiller as carcasses or uncartoned offal.